Rail-fastening.



W. A. CROWELL.

RAIL FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.23, 1914.

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minion of Canada, blacksmith, have invent- .ed certain new and usefulv Improvements in the specification.

Rail-Fastenings, of which the following is This invention relates to rail fastenings, and the objects of the invention are to 'de* .ViSG a simple and cheap substitute for the spike or the rail-chair the advantages of being not only a positlve fastening member and locking device between the rail and the tie,ibut also a device which may be taken out andreplaced many times without impairing its. efliciency or damaging the tie.

The invention consists novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described," and illustrated in the drawing which forms part of this specification.

In the drawing ;'Figure 1 is a side elevation of the fastener, and shows the rail in section. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the fastener and the lag screw used in connection therewith. Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line A-B in Fig. 1.

In the drawing, likenumerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure. Y

Referring to the drawing, 10 indicates the fastening member, which has the heel 11 adapted to bear on the surface 12 of the. tie.

- 13, and the toe 14 adapted to grip the rail 15 against the tie.

The spike 16 is'preferably formed integral with the heel" and toe, and

is offset therefrom at an angle'of'approxn mately degrees. This angle may be changed a little one way or-the other, but the angular. disposition of the spike forms a vital feature of the invention. The toe is raised a little fromthe heel, inorder to permit it to rest on the rail flange 17. The "spike 16 commences its angular disposition immediately at the point 18, where the toe commences to hold. The section ofthe having the long side of "the grai to drive the spike into the tie. fastener is driven home, a

now in use, which 'has essentially in the removed by hand.

\ therefrom, said flanges vat the point of junction spike here illustrated is oval (see Fig. 3) the oval in line with of the tie, in v order not to split the tie. I

.In securing a rail to the ties with this fastener, the rail isjplaced in the position it is intended to'occupyultimately, and the fas tener is hammered on the place marked When the lag screw or caress arms 5 l g coach screw is insertedinthe orifice 19 in' the fastener, hammer" then tightened down by wrench, or the like. "The spike is oflt'set from the toe and driven home partly by.

part about GOdegrees as previously mentioned, and the coach screw is set in at right angles to the fastener toe and, heel, so

the screw and the spike (shown respectively as 20 and 21) are convergent. Should the rail have a tendency {lZOllfl}, it bears up on the toe, and the heel acts as a fulcrum, so that the fastener cannot become loose by a it will be apparent that the center-lines of p liftingtendency on the part. of the rail.

The-coach screw is proof against vibration andthus a very perfect lock is obtained.

. In removing the fastener, first loosened, and afterward a lever or crowbar is inserted under part 22 prepared to receive it. The toe of the fastener is thus made the fulcrum, and the spike is easily loosened, when it may be The fastener is preferably. made of "dropforged iron or of malleable iron in some j form, to withstand hammering and rough usage.

What I claim as my invention is the lag screw is the heel'at the 1. A rail-fastener comprising in combination a body-piece having a flat tie-engagi p .a rail-engaging flange effect I and depending angularly from ing flange "a spike Lformed integral with said tie-engaging flange, said tie-engaging flange having a vertical orifice therethrough of said angular spike, a threaded retaining member having ahead and adapted to be passed through said orifice as regards its shank, and engaged to assist in removal of the device and pering the tie, in amanner to act as a fulcrum mit said threaded member to act as a for said body-piece. fulcrum.

2. A rail-fastener. comprising in combi- In Witness whereof I have hereunto set 5 nation a bodly-piece mad thrleuded1 tie-end my hand in the presence of two Witnesses. 15

'a 'in mem er aasse t eret 11'011 1 sai I 1 l hody-ZieGe having? an obliquely disp os'edtie- WILLIAM ARTHUR O engaging spike ofiset at the point here the Witnesses: v threaded member passes through the body, W. FIDLER;

10 said body also having a rounded heel adapt EUGENE M; LAMB.-

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